Aronofsky Still Directing Robocop?

Despite recent rumors to the contrary, it would appear that The Wrestler director Darren Aronofsky is still attached to the remake of Paul Verhoeven’s violent 80’s classic RoboCop – this is according to the writer of the film David Self (The Wolfman).

“I’m still involved with it and Darren Aronofsky’s still involved with it. He’s making another movie right now, but we’re waiting for MGM, to sort things out since they’re a large corporation and it’s a situation where we have to be practical. We’re waiting to continue with them, we hope that that happens soon and we can get back to it soon.”

The writer also said that the film won’t be a sequel to Paul Verhoeven’s film or its sequels:

“Its definitely not a sequel. It’s an origin story, it’s an origin to the original Robocop. So, it’s basically a ‘reboot’.”